Job Description
The Senior Finance Manager will be expected to be a Business Analyst
- Supporting the senior management team by providing financial planning and forecasting data, including business analysis and performance measures.
- Developing finance and business strategies.
- Providing information, analysing market trends and challenging business assumptions.
- Developing and reporting on targets based on strategies for commercial growth and diversification.
Financial and Commercial Management
- Monitoring the day-to-day financial functions, such as payroll, month end and VAT returns.
- Producing monthly and ad hoc management reports.
- Due diligence on budgets for tenders and proposals.
- Contract writing and review for client projects, including due diligence, providing sound judgement.
- Supporting the development and submission of EOIs, RFPs and assisting in client negotiations.
- Analytical support for project managers regarding project finance and resource planning.
- Management of insurance policies for the company.
- Oversight of company pension scheme and administer share holder schemes.
- Participation in board meetings as required.
- Understanding and adhering to financial regulations and legislation
- Line management of Finance and Operations Manager.
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
Required skills and experience of the Senior Finance Manager
- 3 - 6 years in a similar commercial finance role
- Experience of working in a SME or a growing organisation
- Deep understanding of business principles and practices
- Excellent analytical and critical thinking skills, able to draw on a range of information and market trends to solve problems, make decisions and provide insight and advice
- Advanced organisational and planning skills
- Superior numeracy skills
- Fully IT literate: a high-level user of Office 365, with a particular emphasis on Excel
- Excellent communications skills, able to draw and present financial information to a non-finance audience
- Line management experience
- Professionally credible and able to work independently
- Risk management experience
- Degree-level qualification in finance, accountancy, business, economics or related field.
- Paprika accounting software knowledge
It is desirable that the Senior Finance Manager has experience:
- International trade experience
- Client contract review and management
- Sourcing, negotiating and renewing commercial insurance cover
- Financial and legal requirements of non-profit organisations
- Experience of setting up new businesses
- Book-keeping and/or accountancy qualifications.